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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1972
Page
9
High Point’s apartment boom cuts wait times for some residents with rents from 150 to 250 dollars a month. planners warn low rent housing under 125 dollars remains scarce and worry about an over supply.
Faculty and students from High Point Kindergarten for the Handi capped plant pine seedlings in a beautification effort Monday. Mrs. Pat Huggins Joyce Motley and Mrs Ruth Summit operate the shovels in a staff photo by Sonny Hedgecock.
Greensboro speech by Rep. Shirley Chisholm, candidate for president, calls for ending oil depletion allowance and subsidies while urging tax reform to ease burdens. She notes 90 percent of wealth is held by corporations, with taxation of 26 billion dollars versus 86 billion paid by individuals. She supports a value added tax and plans further NC visits before the May 6 primary.
Debaters from Central High and Andrews High earned spots at the National Speech Tournament to be held at Wake Forest University starting June 18. Jeff Allred and Bobby Burchfield led Andrews with first in debate while Judy Ryan of Central won dramatic interpretation and Sylvia Welborn topped girls extemp.
Guilford County plans a land study directed by the Board of Commissioners to assess residential developments and a large motel. The panel weighs water supply and wastewater disposal for watershed areas and the Western Electric Guilford Center site on I-85 east of Greensboro.
Officials say a dangerous inmate, Samuel McIntosh of Lexington, fled a work gang about three miles west of Asheboro on U S 64. A search by Bloodhounds, guards, deputies and state police followed a possible pre arranged ride toward Lexington. McIntosh, 26, is serving a life term for a Lexington grocer’s 1966 holdup murder and is described as 5 11, 145 pounds with black hair and eyes and a forehead scar.
Several hundred clergy from western North Carolina attend the opening day of the Mission to Ministers and Lectures on Preaching at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. Dr. Robert E. Goodrich, from the Protestant Hour radio program, speaks on Preaching To Awaken Hope and urges ministers to balance pulpit truth with pastoral care. He warns of declines in church attendance due to over specialization and stresses the church as a source of hope. Additional speakers include Dr. Myron S. Augsburger and Dr. Tom Skinner. the conference is co sponsored by the Board of Evangelism and the Institute of Homiletical Studies.
Jon J. Watkins a senior at Ragsdale High School Jamestown has earned an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis He is the son of Mrs Lois J Watkins of High Point and the late Capt William L Watkins a career air pilot Watkins starred in football and wrestling at Ragsdale belonged to the Monogram Club and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes He teaches a wrestling clinic and is an Eagle Scout merit badge instructor and God and Country Award and 50 mile awards recipient He learned of the appointment from Vice Adm James Calvert superintendent of the Naval Academy and will report to Annapolis on July 6 to join the Class of 1976
Four High Point students are among 162 completing undergraduate degrees at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the first semester. The list includes Gwendolyn Hill and Mrs. Donald E. Royster, both earning BA degrees, Sandra Romeil Haynie with a BS in secretarial administration, and William Boyd Stanley with a BS. They are invited to return for the 80th annual commencement June 3-4.
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